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ulysses · 26th February 2008

If you're in the United States and your power line is feeding you 130V, I suggest you call your electric company and complain. It may be a long and irritating process, but I think you should be able to get them to come out and fix it. There's almost nothing you could do to the wiring inside your house that would cause the voltage to go up, so they must be feeding you a high voltage. I think 117V is nominal, and 10% over that would be 128.7. 130V is clearly "out of spec" and should be dealt with. I assume they'd send somebody out to move the feed to a different tap on the transformer. If you can get your neighbors to also complain, they might be more likely to respond. I don't know for sure, but I would expect some sort of regulatory oversight body to take your side on this matter.

26th February 2008	#23
ulysses Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Minneapolis and Wiesbaden Posts: 1,452	If you're in the United States and your power line is feeding you 130V, I suggest you call your electric company and complain. It may be a long and irritating process, but I think you should be able to get them to come out and fix it. There's almost nothing you could do to the wiring inside your house that would cause the voltage to go up, so they must be feeding you a high voltage. I think 117V is nominal, and 10% over that would be 128.7. 130V is clearly "out of spec" and should be dealt with. I assume they'd send somebody out to move the feed to a different tap on the transformer. If you can get your neighbors to also complain, they might be more likely to respond. I don't know for sure, but I would expect some sort of regulatory oversight body to take your side on this matter. __________________ Justin Ulysses Morse Roll Music Systems Minneapolis, MN Put a bottle of juice in your Lunchbox.